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___________________ invented the railroad sleeping car.

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George M. Pullman

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The practice of combining separate companies in an industry is called a __________.

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merger or consolidation

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_______________ invented the electric lightbulb.

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Thomas Edison

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_____________ invented the telephone.

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Alexander Graham Bell

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The steal company owner who was a great philanthropist was_____________.

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Andrew Carnegie

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Railroad barons were created when the industry ______________.

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consolidated

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______________ pioneered the assembly line.

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Henry Ford

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Anti-labor feeling grew after the bloody clash in Chicago called the _____________ Riot.

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Haymarket

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The demand to have a regulated schedule caused the railroad companies to create ___________ _____________.

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time zones

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In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s,many people moved the the cities to take ____________ jobs.

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factory

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It took immigrants ____ days to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

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12

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Many immigrants lived in urban apartments called ____________.

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tenements

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__________________ invented moving pictures.

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Thomas Edison

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Most Asian immigrants went through the processing center on ____________ Island.

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Angel

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__________________ was a settlement house founded by Jane Addams.

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Hull House

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_________________ designed Central Park and several parks in Boston.

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Fredrick Law Olmstead

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People might _____________ from their homeland in order to find a better life in America.

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emigrate

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To improve living conditions of the poor, ____________ houses were established.

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settlement

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Many middle-class families moved from the cities to the ___________.

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suburbs

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To maintain their culture, immigrants with the same language and customs tended to live in the same ___________________.

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ethnic group or neighborhood

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_____________________ was the first law to limit immigration.

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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What law required that immigrants to be able to read or write in some language?

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Immigration Act of 1917

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________________argued that schools should be more hands on and relate to the students’ interest.

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John Dewey

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People enjoyed cheering for the home team or local sports star while attending ___________ sports.

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spectator

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Nativist feared that immigrants would take away their jobs or drive down everyone’s wages by _________________________.

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accepting lower pay

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Overcrowding in the city caused sanitation and health problems, these problems were( EASY or HARD) to solve?

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hard

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The _________________ provided funds for land-grant colleges.

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Morrill Act

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A ______________ allows citizens to place a measure or an issue on the ballot in a state election.

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initiative

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A ____________ allows voters the opportunity to accept or reject measures that the legislature enacted.

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referendum

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A _____________ allows voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from their jobs.

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recall

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Who won the election of 1908?

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William H. Taft

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In 1912 the Bull Moose Party presidential candidate was?

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Theodore Roosevelt

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What was the job of the Political Boss?

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The Political Bosses job was to gain votes by doing favors.

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Sixteenth Amendment-

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Taxed American citizens based on their income.

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Seventeenth Amendment-

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direct election of senators

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Eighteenth Amendment-

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Prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of alcohol

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Nineteenth Amendment-

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Granted women the right to vote

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_____________ was the first state to allow women to vote.

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Wyoming

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Theodore Roosevelt promised the people a “______________” if he was elected president in 1904.

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square deal

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Who helped found the National Association for the advanced Colored People(NAACP)?

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W.E.B Du Bois

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What is a muckraker?

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A journalist who uncovers abuses and corruption in a society.

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What is a Labor Union?

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A group of desatusfied workers who organize themselves into groups because they demanded better pay.

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How many states are there in the continental United States?

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48

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